The Force is launching its ‘Festive Feedback’ Christmas drink and drug drive campaign to encourage the reporting of motorists who are endangering our roads.
The initiative is taking place between Monday 2 December 2024 and Wednesday 1 January 2025.
Driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs is one of...
Each year, Protect the Wild compiles an annual report of hunt incidents, such as instances of wildlife persecution and trespassing, that hunt saboteurs and monitors record when they attend meets. The organisation’s analysis of the three months leading up to the start of the main foxhunting season, which began...
A disqualified driver who drove into a police officer who attempted to stop a stolen vehicle in Bridport has been jailed.
Joshua Joseph Hayward, aged 31 and of Bridport, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Wednesday 27 November 2024 after admitting offences of dangerous driving, assault occasioning actual bodily...
The recent arrest of a 92-year-old man in connection with the unsolved murder and rape of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne in Bristol in 1967 marks a significant moment in British criminal history. For more than half a century, the brutal crime remained a mystery, leaving a community haunted by the...
Officers investigating a serious assault on a man in Dorchester are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.Dorset Police received a report that at around 5am on Sunday 10 November 2024 a man was assaulted by a group of men outside an address in London Road.
It...
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward after a fail-to-stop collision in Dorchester.
At around 6pm on Monday 11 November 2024 a collision occurred on Bridport Road near to the junction with Williams Avenue involving a car - described as possibly a dark blue...
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward after a report of a suspicious vehicle fire in West Dorset.
Dorset Police received a report at 7.24am on Sunday 10 November 2024 of a vehicle fire on the A35 near to the Charmouth Roundabout.
Officers attended and assisted...
Officers investigating an affray in Dorchester are issuing an image of two people they would like to identify.
Dorset Police received a report at around 8.15pm on Saturday 3 August 2024 of a fight involving three people inside Co-op in Trinity Street.
It is reported that a bottle was used during...
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage to come forward following a serious injury road traffic collision in Sherborne.
At around 6.20pm on Tuesday 5 November 2024 a man aged in his 40s was riding his electric bicycle on Bradford Road near to the junction with...
A further arrest has been made following a CCTV appeal in relation to a reported theft from a vehicle in Dorchester.
Between 11pm on Thursday 24 October and 5.25am on Friday 25 October 2024, it is reported that a car was broken into in Celtic Crescent.
Two watches were allegedly stolen...
